Melon-shaped mother-of-pearl snuff bottle
Melon-shaped mother-of-pearl snuff bottle
Melon-shaped mother-of-pearl snuff bottle
Melon-shaped mother-of-pearl snuff bottle

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European Art

Melon-shaped mother-of-pearl snuff bottle,

1850–1900

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1936-855

Information

Title
Melon-shaped mother-of-pearl snuff bottle
Dates

1850–1900

Medium
Mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
h. with stopper 7.5 cm., w. 3.4 cm., d. 1.9 cm. (2 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-855
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
snuff bottles, mother of pearl
Materials
mother of pearl
Techniques
carving
Subject
plants, butterflies

Colonel James A. Blair (d. 1934), by 1934; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1936.

Snuff bottle

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